Celiac disease

Celiac Disease (CD) or Gluten Sensitive Enteropathy (GSE) is a life‐long disorder. It is
characterized by inflammation in the small intestine of genetically predisposed
individuals caused by inappropriate immune response to gluten, a protein enriched in
some of our common grains (wheat, rye and barley). The toxicity of gluten is
manifested by the autoimmune action of T‐lymphocytes on mucosal cells in the small
intestine, disrupting its vital function of absorbing nutrients from food.

Autoimmune disease represents a group of more than 60 different chronic autoimmune
diseases that affect approximately 6% of the population. It is the third major category of
illness in the United States and many industrialized countries, following heart disease
and cancer. Autoimmune diseases arise when one’s immune system actively targets and
destroys self tissue resulting in clinical disease. Common examples include Systemic
Lupus Erythematosus, Type 1 Diabetes, Rheumatoid Arthritis and Multiple Sclerosis.

Celiac disease has many names, such as gluten intolerance,
gluten-sensitive enteropathy, and non-tropical sprue. Each
name depicts a life-long autoimmune disorder in which a
person’s body cannot tolerate a group of grain proteins known
as gluten. These grains consist of wheat, rye, barley, and any
derivatives of these grains. Oats were always part if this list, but
recent studies have shown that a moderate consumption of oats
is safe for healthy children and adults who are well-established
on a gluten-free diet....

Celiac Disease (CD) or Gluten Sensitive Enteropathy (GSE) is a life‐long disorder. It is
characterized by inflammation in the small intestine of genetically predisposed
individuals caused by inappropriate immune response to gluten, a protein enriched in
some of our common grains (wheat, rye and barley). The toxicity of gluten is
manifested by the autoimmune action of T‐lymphocytes on mucosal cells in the small
intestine, disrupting its vital function of absorbing
nutrients from food.

There is great difficulty, in the case of a subject so large and complex as is disease, in giving a definition
which will be accurate and comprehensive. Disease may be defined as "A change produced in living things in
consequence of which they are no longer in harmony with their environment." It is evident that this
conception of disease is inseparable from the idea of life, since only a living thing can become diseased.

The subject of preventive medicine is one that is attracting world-wide attention to-day. We can hardly pick
up a newspaper or magazine without seeing the subject discussed in some of its phases, and during the last
few years several books have appeared devoted wholly or in part to the ways of preventing rather than curing
many of our ills.
Looking over the titles of these articles and books the reader will at once be impressed with the importance
that is being given to the subject of the relation of insects to some of our common diseases.

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Therefore, this book tried to incorporate into its own matrix the crucial issues that are
recent contributions to learning less frequent topics, with very promising therapy
approaches. So the aim and the project was at the final the scope of the title “Allergic
diseases - highlights in the clinic, mechanisms and treatment”, since it would not be
possible to materialize a project that seeks to be a formal Medical Treaty covering the
full breadth and complexity of allergy. Nevertheless, this book provides an accurate
and current learning of many clinical issues....

Eugene “Bill” Wilson (1900–1981) was Dean of Admission at
Amherst College. He was known for his sense of humor and his genuine
interest in the welfare of each student. This quote attributed to him,
published in Reader’s Digest in April of 1968, summarizes education to
me, that is, it is learning itself that is most exciting, not the knowledge
per se that one gathers from it. It is truly the lifelong ride of learning, not
the final destination, that makes us what we are.

There is no direct gold standard evidence or specific UK or European consensus guidelines for
monitoring the growth of children with moderate to severe renal disease. This document therefore
aims to define minimum standards for measuring and monitoring growth in children with CKD, based
on local expert opinion, international committee reports, and indirectly supportive peer-reviewed
clinical trials and reviews.

Malaria risk exists in Myanmar throughout the year: 29% of the population live in high risk areas, 24% in
moderate risk areas and 18% in low risk areas. Apart from those living in endemic areas, a major risk
group are non-immune adult migrants in forest areas who work in gem mining, logging, agriculture,
plantations and construction.
The full extent of the burden of malarial disease is likely to be higher than records indicate due to a poor
reporting system. The disease is endemic in 284 townships out of 324. One hundred of these townships
account for 53% of the...

The human body as a mechanism is far from perfect. It can be beaten or surpassed at almost every point by
some product of the machine-shop or some animal. It does almost nothing perfectly or with absolute
precision. As Huxley most unexpectedly remarked a score of years ago, "If a manufacturer of optical
instruments were to hand us for laboratory use an instrument so full of defects and imperfections as the human
eye, we should promptly decline to accept it and return it to him. But," as he went on to say, "while the eye is
inaccurate as a microscope, imperfect as a telescope, crude...

The quantity of adenovirus-DNA decreases in an age-
related manner, either from immune elimination or from depletion of latent stores.
Persistent or latent infection of other species is still unknown.
Acute renal failure due to adenoviruses is caused by disseminated disease or retrograde
infection from hemorrhagic cystitis. High persistence of serotype 2 at a young age is
mentioned in lots of case reports regarding disseminated diseases of this serotype after stem
cell transplantation.